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Mommy where’s duckie?I don’t want to go with you, I want to go with Duckie.

No, mommy you can’t sit there, Duck is sitting there.

Do you want mommy to hug you?, I say.No, she says, I have duckie.

My daughter carries a blanket with a duck head on it everywhere she goes.The blanket is blue and soft popping up right in the middle is a plush duck head and torso right in the middle.Soft and yellow with an always pleasant expression.The duck doesn’t even have a forced smile so she can project any emotion into him (and it is a him, according to her although, sometimes too, so is her cousin Sara).

Duckie is always there ready for a hug.Never mad, never irritated always ready and wiling to be carried – or dragged – anywhere.He also doesn’t mind if she wipes he nose on him or her hands after she eats a piece of pizza. I cant' compete especially when I'm dressed to go to work.

If Penelope ever wins an Oscar, i am sure duckie will be thanked before me. in fact, it wouldn't surprise me if duck was the plus one. How's a mom not to be jealous? Here I am dealing with poopy diapers, rubbing mosquito bites, and picking crushed peas off the floor and duckie gets the best seat reserved for him in front of the TV. I believe he also gets to pick many of the channels we watch as I find myself getting constantly outvoted.

When she is tired he also becomes a covering for her eyes if there is too much light.

And she doesn’t just have one duckie, she has four.I bought them in multiples in case I lost one and I kept thinking I’d lost one so I’d give her another.Well, they were never really lost.They got found and now multiplied.As I lie here I my bed writing this, she is lying next to me sleeping with all four duckies.I am on the half foot of bed now not occupied. There is no hierarchy among the ducks, so I am a consistent fifth.

How can I compete with such perfection?I’ll tell you how.Only I can pour her a sippy cup of chocolate milk. Of course, i do find myself occasionally pouring one for him as well - though there I lose a lot of credit. Duckie is an incredibly selfless sharer.